You know the "I can never tell a lie" thing was bullshit right? It was penned by a dude more interested in writing propaganda rather than an honest biography.
Well, I’m real old and I remember when the entire nation was shocked to its core when the president told us one lie.
That was when Eisenhower lied about the spy plane.
But the dam broke with Nixon. Republicans learned that they could lie and get away with it.
Politicians have always lied, it's just you only cared or noticed when it was a headline.
There was no golden generation, investigative reporting was just in it's infancy back when.
Americans had committed war crimes well before Vietnam, it's just journalism started to blossom around that time
You’re mistaken.
It was sometime during the 70s when Republicans realized they faced no consequence for lying to their voters. That was the difference.
They realized that a segment of the voting populous didn’t mind being lied to. That was when Republicans started catering to the evangelicals.
DId you know Washington was born in Texas. His Dad asked him if he cut down a mesquite tree. He said I can't tell a lie, I cut it down. His Dad said if you can't tell a lie you'll never make it in Texas, we're moving to Virginia!
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That was when Eisenhower lied about the spy plane.
But the dam broke with Nixon. Republicans learned that they could lie and get away with it.
There was no golden generation, investigative reporting was just in it's infancy back when.
Americans had committed war crimes well before Vietnam, it's just journalism started to blossom around that time
It was sometime during the 70s when Republicans realized they faced no consequence for lying to their voters. That was the difference.
They realized that a segment of the voting populous didn’t mind being lied to. That was when Republicans started catering to the evangelicals.